Reactivity and Passivation of Fe Nanoclusters on h-BN/Rh(111) |
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| Authors: | Natalie J Waleska Dr Fabian Düll Dr Philipp Bachmann Felix Hemauer Johann Steinhauer Dr Christian Papp |
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| Institution: | Lehrstuhl für Physikalische Chemie II, Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Egerlandstr. 3, 91058 Erlangen, Germany |
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| Abstract: | The reactivity of iron nanocluster arrays on h-BN/Rh(111) was studied using in situ high-resolution X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy. The morphology and reactivity of the iron nanoclusters (Fe-NCs) were investigated by CO adsorption. On-top and hollow/edge sites were determined to be the available adsorption sites on the as-prepared Fe-NCs and CO dissociation was observed at 300 K. C- and O-precovered Fe-NCs showed no catalytic activity towards CO dissociation because the hollow/edge sites were blocked by the C and O atoms. Therefore, these adsorption sites were identified to be the most active sites of the Fe-NCs. |
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| Keywords: | heterogeneous catalysis iron model catalysis nanocluster array XPS |
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